Setmoue bryant



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SEYMOUR BRYANT, OF ANDES, NEW YORK.

STANCHION-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 226,706, dated April 20, 1880.

Application filed January 8, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SEYMOUR BRYANT, of Andes, in the county of Delaware and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stanohion-Fasteners; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in stanchions; and it consists in the peculiar construction of the catch by means ofwhich the movable end of the upright bar is held in place, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Figure 1 is a front view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the same.

a represents a stanchion of any desired construction. Passing horizontally through the outside top bar, I), is the bolt 0, which has its inner end beveled on one side and the recess (1 made in one side, the length of the recess being determined by the distance the bolt shall move. Fastened to this bolt is one end of the wire spring 6, which keeps the bolt, when left free to move, pressed constantly inward. Secured to the side of the bar so that one edge will be pressed up into the recess in the side of the bolt is the plate g, which acts as a stop to prevent the bolt from moving too far in or out.

In the side of the upright movable bar a is made the inclined groove 2', so that after the animal has put its head through the bars the .the use to which they are here applied.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a stanchion, the combination of the movable bar n, having an inclined groove, 2, in its side, with the bolt 0, having the recess (1, spring 6, and plate 1, which acts as a stop to the bolt, substantially as shown.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of December, 1879.

SEYMOUR BRYANT.

Witnesses:

JOHN A, Sco'rr, E. -P. BENJAMIN.

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